I just removed ivy from painted aluminum siding.
Best way to get ivy off of aluminum siding.
You can t even tell i had ivy on it.
4 sand the siding with orbital sander to remove stubborn ivy stains and residue.
Sorry to say i found no easy way.
6 collect ivy and stuff into plastic trash bags.
2 when necessary cut stubborn ivy from house with hand pruner.
There s no easier way to remove vines from siding than to pull them off.
We didn t like it and we were told to cut the roots and let the ivy die and then just tear it down from the walls.
5 cut the ivy stems close to ground with loppers.
Finally i used a magic eraser to remove the stains from the siding.
And if you ve ever pulled ivy off a wall you know that the tiny roots adhere to the brick or siding like glue leaving behind a maze of fuzzy tendrils that can leave your wall looking like a mess.
Remember if you don t kill the roots the ivy suckers will sprout back up and around the siding.
First i wet it with a sponge using a warm water and dish soap solution.
Removing the suckers is painstaking and often frustrating work but it is possible with the right techniques.
An ivy covered wall john from mississauga ontario writes.
Before you do this make things easier for yourself by cutting the roots and waiting a few weeks for the vines to wilt.
What s the best way to remove them.
We recently bought a house that was half covered in ivy.
If you want to kill the roots you can do it with table salt using a technique that won t harm the soil.
Hope this helps someone.
I ve had ivy growing on stucco and steel siding.
3 scrape siding to remove dead branches and dried leaves.
1 gently pull ivy from house.
Then i scraped it off with a plastic putty knife until there was very little material left.
We cut the roots and let the ivy die but we noticed all these little suction cups that held the ivy to the brick and wood siding.
Here are some tips on how to remove ivy without damaging your walls.
Cut off the ivy sucker shoots at the base of the root structure where the suckers originate.
A power washer took off some from the steel siding and didn t hurt the siding but i used a knife to remove it.
